Your Highness, has he stopped today?

Lu Zheyu was startled, then nodded silently.He felt that Shi Yunjing seemed a little angry, but he didn't know why he was angry.As long as he was used to self-willedness since he was a child, then let him go.

Suddenly, snowflakes began to fall outside the house again.A red plum branch in the yard is covered with snow.

The ground dragon in the house was burning too hot, and it was extremely warm.Shi Yunjing somehow remembered the winter hunting in the past few years. Under the protection of the guards, the young princes had caught the prey, and they were very happy. Naturally, the first thing they did after returning to the palace was to ask them for help. The mother and concubine invited credit and other praises.At that time, he was only 14 years old, and he had already played the longbow so well that he almost never missed a shot.Even bows and arrows can be fired with several arrows.Among all the princes, he hunted the most prey, but except for Emperor Cheng'an's kind compliments, and several younger brothers gathered around him to ask him how to shoot arrows, he couldn't be like other princes. The mother and concubine can ask for credit.

Shi Yunjing calmly talked about these old things.He also didn't know why he said this to Lu Zheyu. After so many years, he had already gotten used to this kind of life. At most, he felt empty when he watched his younger brothers having fun at the knees of their respective mothers and concubines.

Lu Zheyu silently listened to him talking about these past events, and didn't know how to comfort him.In fact, he knew that Shi Yunjing didn't need comforting words.

"Then, what happened next?" Lu Zheyu asked.

"Later?" Shi Yunjing twirled the brush in his hands boredly, but because of his lack of technique, he rubbed a small piece of ink on the rice paper. "Later, I distributed all the animals I hunted among my younger brothers, and sent the rest to the kitchen of Lanyue Palace."

Lanyue Palace is the only princess in the Chu Palace, and also the residence of Shi Yunyao, Shi Yunjing's older sister, Princess Su Ning.

"Well, as expected of game, the taste is not bad." Shi Yunjing added.

Lu Zheyu smiled: "Then this year, can I have a real treat?"

Shi Yunjing propped his head and played with the brush in his hand, pretending to be casual and said: "If you want to eat, hunt yourself, let's see who hunts more."

"The minister is naturally inferior to His Highness."

Shi Yunjing got up, walked in front of him, bent slightly, with a playful smile on his face: "If you can't compare with this king, every time you lose a prey, you will be fined to sleep in the library for a day."

Lu Zheyu was not moved, but said indifferently: "Your Highness, I don't know if someone has ever told you that you are really too much?"

Shi Yunjing thought about it for a moment and came to a conclusion: "No."

It had just snowed heavily at the beginning of the month. Although the weather was sunny on the third day of junior high school, it was extremely cold.Chugong Dongshou's team headed for Xiaoshan like this.All the way the flags block out the sun, and the sound of drums and horns is heard.

Xiaoshan is a wild mountain forest near Xingcheng. It has become the royal enclosure of Chu State since Gaozu.There are plains and forests here, especially in recent years when hunting activities have decreased, and the number of prey has increased.The road to Xiaoshan was originally covered with snow, but because of today's hunting, the nearby people have already cleaned it up, and the snow has piled up on both sides of the road, leaving an empty path for the royal family to travel.

Shi Yunjing was wearing light armor, with a light bun, and carrying his usual bows, crossbows and arrows. There were only a few arrows, and he thought those arrows were too heavy on the way, so he handed them to Lu Zheyu.Lu Zheyu put those arrows on their backs and did the work that the follower should do.

After walking for an hour on the road, I finally arrived at Xiaoshan.Emperor Cheng'an got down from the carriage in fur, and everyone got off their horses one after another.Under the cold clear sky, Emperor Cheng'an's voice resounded through the mountains.

"Today, I will reward those who hunt the most—"

The mighty team was cheered up by this sentence.In the past winter hunting, the emperor bestowed gold and silver artifacts on the surface.Most of the people who come here to hunt are noble children, so there is no shortage of these things.But in fact, if you really got No.1, apart from those gold and silver, it is not uncommon to support the official title. Even this year, you will be looked at by the Holy One, and the whole family will also win glory.These are all invisible gifts.

The hunt has officially started, and several impatient family members are about to chase it out.

A small steed ran over. The person on the horse was probably not good at equestrian skills. He pulled the rein jerky and stopped the horse. He looked at Shi Yunjing with innocence in his eyes: "Sixth brother, can I follow?" You?"

The person who spoke was the Ninth Prince and Shi Yunrong, and his mother and concubine were Concubine Jing, who had a low status in the palace and had never had any thoughts about the throne. She was supported by Empress Wende in her early years and was always grateful. The only one who came out was the Ninth Prince, and Shi Yunrong also admired this sixth brother very much, especially his riding and shooting, as long as he followed the sixth brother, he would surely be able to hunt a lot of prey.

Shi Yunjing smiled: "Okay."

Lu Zheyu rode forward and saluted: "Your Highness Ninth Prince is still young, follow the guards, don't let yourself get hurt." He knew the dangers in the hunting process, Shi Yunrong was still too young, once fell off the horse, Come down, the consequences are unimaginable.And Shi Yunjing herself was still a child, how could she know this.

Shi Yunjing spread her hands, looking innocent: "You see, he is the one who won't let you follow me."

The 12-year-old Shi Yunrong immediately felt wronged: "Brother Lu..."

Lu Zheyu couldn't help having a headache again, none of the children in Shi's family were fuel-efficient lamps.Shi Yunjing liked to see his helpless appearance, chuckled and told Chu Heng beside him: "Go and follow Yun Rong."

When Chu Heng responded, Shi Yunrong's thoughts were shattered, but he could only thank him in a low voice: "Thank you Sixth Brother."

Shi Yunjing smiled, and galloped away, followed by several other guards.Shi Yunrong was startled, he finally knew why Lu Zheyu didn't let him follow Sixth Brother, he couldn't keep up at all.He curled his lips, and then he rode his little steed, and Chu Heng followed behind him at his speed.

Lu Zheyu looked up at Shi Yunjing who had gone far away, and rode to chase after him.

Xiaoshan is a vast land, and the mountains stretch for hundreds of miles. The people scattered and hunted. After a while, no one can be seen. Every prince and noble child is followed by a few guards to follow and protect, in case the master has any accidents.Shi Yunjing sent Chu Heng, who was the best in martial arts, to protect Shi Yunrong, and the remaining five guards followed, all of whom were good horsemen and archers brought from the Xiao family.They know their master's riding skills, and they are always following closely, so as not to lose him.

After a while, after passing this plain, there are dense forests in front of us.The mountain forest at the foot of Xiaoshan is tens of miles wide. Due to the abundant rain all year round, the trees grow very tall.There is no one governing this place, it is formed naturally, and there are rare wild animals appearing from time to time.Even in winter, the ground is covered with a thick layer of snow. Although the trees are not as dense as in summer, they are still suitable for wild animals to live in.More than ten years ago, Emperor Jingping brought all the generals in the court to hunt in this forest. They hunted countless wild animals. When Emperor Cheng'an came to power, although fewer people came to this forest, Shi Yunjing often came.A few years ago, his uncle Xiao Hanxu brought him here once. Since the Xiao family retired from court, Xiao Hanxu never participated in winter hunting again.

When Shi Yunjing stopped in front of the dense forest, she couldn't help thinking about those old things.Lu Zheyu came on horseback, tightened the reins and stopped.Asked softly: "Your Highness wants to enter the forest?"

Shi Yunjing turned to look at him: "There are a lot of beasts inside, and all of them are the kind that can eat people. If you are afraid, you don't have to follow."

Lu Zheyu smiled lightly: "If that's the case, then the minister will follow even more. It's useless to be afraid, you must first ensure the safety of His Highness."

Shi Yunjing snorted softly: "I don't need your protection."

After finishing speaking, Shi Yunjing rode away and ran away.

In the mountains and forests, the branches and leaves are criss-crossed, the road is not easy to walk, and it is impossible to ride a horse.Shi Yunjing could only ride slowly while looking around for prey nearby.The guards following behind him breathed a sigh of relief, finally they don't have to worry about losing their master.

Suddenly, there was an owl hooting from outside the cloud, and when Yunjing looked up, he saw a snowy owl flying by quickly. He took a feathered arrow and put it on the string, and shot it without aiming, with a "swoosh" sound. The feathered arrow shot out, and the living wild animal fell to the ground.

The guard went to pick up the snowy owl, but Shi Yunjing found that the arrow had only pierced the snowy owl's wings, and it was still alive.Perhaps because of the pain, the eyes are very pitiful.

The snowy owl's feathers are very beautiful, the whole body is snow-white, and there is no trace of dirt.Shi Yunjing hugged it in her arms and smoothed its feathers: "Why do you use your wings to catch arrows? Does it hurt?"

Lu Zheyu thought to himself, this bird is flying well in the sky, it's fine if you shoot it down with an arrow, but blame it for being inaccurate, so don't shoot it if you have the ability.

"How about another arrow to help you escape from the sea of ​​suffering?" Shi Yunjing discussed with the snowy owl.

Lu Zheyu: "..."

"Your Highness, give it to me." Lu Zheyu took the snowy owl over, quickly pinched its neck with two fingers, and killed the half-dead wild animal.

Shi Yunjing glanced at him: "The technique is good."

Lu Zheyu thought, I hope the wild animals in the future can catch the arrows more accurately, otherwise he will have to be responsible for this kind of work.

But things turned out to be contrary to expectations. In the past, when shooting large animals, Shi Yunjing had to shoot them in the heart or head in order to prevent them from running away, often killing them with just one arrow.But it is very difficult for small birds to kill with one arrow.However, at that time, Yunjing was also a bodhisattva, and he couldn't see the bird suffering half-dead, so Lu Zheyu was doing the work of killing the bird along the way.

"It's so strange. In the past years, I could always see brown bears and wild boars, but today I can't see anything." Shi Yunjing rode his horse into the depths of the forest, and said with a frown.

Although Lu Zheyu often went hunting in the past, it was only in some small forests on the border. It was his first time to come to such a vast royal hunting garden like Xiaoshan.He is not familiar with the movements of the prey here.

However, people who are used to living on the battlefield are always observant. When he inadvertently looked into the snow, he saw a row of clear marks in the snow, with obvious shapes, which were obviously left not long ago.

"Your Highness, there may be prey around here." Lu Zheyu said.

Shi Yunjing also found the animal's footprints, and pulled the rein to look around.At this time, a shadow suddenly ran past behind a tall fir tree in front. Lu Zheyu saw that it was an adult reindeer. At that time, Yunjing had already set up the bow, and quickly shot the arrow while aiming. However, that The reindeer ran too fast, and the feathered arrows passed by.

"drive!"

Shi Yunjing chased after him with his horse's belly, and everyone followed.It's just that this kind of wild reindeer ran too fast and quickly opened the distance. Shi Yunjing changed to a crossbow with a longer range, replaced it with a feathered arrow, and tapped the sky string lightly. Seeing that the direction of the arrow was exactly the same as that of the reindeer As they attacked, there was a sudden whistle in the jungle, and the reindeer changed direction upon hearing the sound, and the feathered arrow struck forward, and finally nailed to the fir tree, with the tail of the arrow still trembling.

Lu Zheyu frowned at the strange sound of the whistle, stopped his horse and looked around, but found nothing unusual.But when Shi Yunjing shot two arrows in the air, he became warlike, his mind was all on the deer, he didn't pay attention to the whistle, and he chased the deer away with his horse.

Lu Zheyu always felt uneasy in his heart, he rode up to follow, and said loudly: "Your Highness! Wait!"

Shi Yunjing ran away long ago, Lu Zheyu followed with a whip, and several guards followed.

Xiaoshan stretches for hundreds of miles. At this time, it has reached the depths of the dense forest. There is no human habitation anywhere, only wild animals in the mountains and forests.The snow here is getting thicker and thicker, the dead branches and leaves are everywhere, and the temperature is getting lower and lower, but Lu Zheyu didn't feel cold at all when he was running, he was focused on Shi Yunjing, and the child chased after the prey Then he didn't care about anything, there are wild animals in the woods, this is what he said himself.

The trees in the depths of the forest were too dense, the reindeer turned left and right, and Shi Yunjing couldn't catch up.After a while, Shi Yunjing figured out the direction in which it was escaping, and took a short cut to chase after it. When he found the reindeer track again, he squinted his eyes, held a crossbow, and the arrow point was already aimed.

When Lu Zheyu arrived, what he saw was this scene.

However, just when Shi Yunjing was about to shoot the feathered arrow, several masked men suddenly jumped out from the top of the tall fir tree, each holding a bright long knife, and attacked Shi Yunjing.

Lu Zheyu was shocked: "Your Highness! Be careful!"